In 1937, after discussion at the top level of the Chinese Kuomintang, it was decided to carry out a bombing of the Japanese mainland, hoping to blow up various industrial military facilities such as arsenals in the Rear of Japan, so as to force Japan to stop bombing China, and also wanted to bring panic to the Japanese people in the rear, but later because of the warplanes, the implementation of the plan was finally postponed. By the time of the bombing in 1938, the Chinese Air Force had not brought bombs, but a bunch of films.
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At the end of May 1938, two Chinese bombers flew to Japan under the leadership of Xu Huansheng, the commander of the Chinese Air Force, and the Chinese planes successfully entered the skies over Japan by night, and this time they also carried Chinese special "bombs", which were not incendiary bombs and bombs and other direct injuries.
Pilots involved in the bombing of Japan
Instead, it was a leaflet specially printed by China, on which it was printed: "The invasion of China by the Erguo state is a deep crime." If you are not inferior, then the million leaflets will become a thousand tons of bombs, and you will not stop it. "The words ",
As the Chinese aircraft entered the air over Japan, after the pilots looked at the navigation chart and determined that the aircraft was under the Japanese Nagasaki, they began to reduce the flight altitude, and as the fighter descended to 3500 meters, the crew members untied the sack containing the flyer and dropped tens of thousands of leaflets from the firing hole under the aircraft's hatch to the Japanese mainland.
The Chinese Air Force threw flyers
After that, the two planes flew over Fukuoka, where they first dropped an illumination bomb to confirm that the place was correct, and then sprinkled a large number of leaflets here, and then the plane flew over Kitakyushu, dropping all the remaining leaflets in Kitakyushu, and after throwing them, the plane immediately returned along the same path. At that time, the main meaning of these leaflets was to warn Japan, hoping that Japan could stop attacking, otherwise the next bombing of Japan would be a thousand-ton bomb, no longer a warning.
Chinese aircraft bombing Japan
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The next day, the Japanese people suddenly saw that the Japanese cities were full of leaflets, and after picking them up, they found that these were leaflets sprinkled by China, which once caused the Japanese people to panic.
Because before, the Japanese government once said that its air defense is absolutely strict, it is impossible for any aircraft to enter the Japanese mainland, the result was Chinese aircraft in the face, after this incident a large number of Japanese military personnel were removed from their posts and investigated, but also let the Japanese domestic panic, but also let the Japanese people have a certain degree of wavering in the launch of the war.
A Chinese aircraft flying to the Japanese mainland
For this bombing, China still achieved its intended goal. In fact, At that time, China also wanted to use bombs, but because there were only a few long-range bombing aircraft.
If you carry a bomb, the effect of the bombing will not be very large, and it will not last, and it can even further arouse the war mood in Japan, so after the study of the upper echelons of China, it was decided to use paper "bombs", which is much higher than that of ordinary bombs and can break the hearts of the enemy.
Pilots involved in the bombing
Even the next day, after the "bomb" was dropped, all the Warships of the Japanese Army and the aircraft that went to the sea between China and Japan to intercept the Nationalist army, but what they did not expect was that after dropping the leaflet, China did not bomb the Japanese mainland, so that the Japanese army pounced.
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In fact, china already had the idea of bombing Japan's Nagasaki, Kyushu Island, Fukuoka City and other places, but at that time, the number of Long-range Bombers in China was very limited, and there were only two types of old aircraft in the early stage, but in the war with Japan, those aircraft were gradually damaged, and finally in order to implement the plan, China was forced to look at foreign countries.
Take a group photo with the pilot
In 1937, the Chinese delegation went to the Soviet Union to request military assistance, and the main goal was to buy long-range bombers capable of bombing the Japanese mainland, and at that time, in order to buy long-range bombers, it was also decided that as long as the Soviet Union sold aircraft, any conditions could be discussed.
Later, China eventually bought six Soviet heavy bombers, which flew to Lanzhou, China, then to Hankou, and then to Nanchang for training on the Japanese mainland.
The bombing was completed and returned home
As a result, the plane was just bought back a year ago, the soldiers were still training bombing, and they had already learned that China was going to bomb the Japanese mainland, and it was conceivable that the Japanese army had sneaked up on China's Nanchang airport.
Under the bombardment, two were destroyed on the spot, three were seriously injured, and later because China at that time could not repair, the injured aircraft could only be used for short-distance transportation under simple repairs, never served as bombing missions again, and then worried about bombers.
The leader of the Kuomintang took a group photo with him
Volunteer pilots from the United States, Britain, and other countries came with planes eliminated from Europe and the United States. They expressed their willingness to help China fight, but they also asked for it, and also offered to help China with this mission, because of the danger of the mission, the pilots of these countries fought a lion war and wanted China to pay a great reward.
However, the Nationalist army did not adopt it, but chose to be carried out by Chinese pilots, and at this time, the Chinese pilot Xu Huansheng also volunteered to be responsible for this incident, after the upper echelons agreed.
After the victory of the bombing, the whole country celebrated
In 1938, the specific matters of bombing the Japanese mainland were formulated, and at the beginning the target was the Japanese Sasebo Military Port and the City of Hachiman, and for this mission, some excellent pilots were transferred from all over the country.
In the selection of bombers, the pilots of our army also carried out profound consideration, after many comparisons finally selected the Martin bomber, and then the pilots in the Phoenix Mountain airfield to familiarize themselves with and adapt to the aircraft training, in the next training everyone also quickly found a problem, that is, although the performance of this aircraft is very good, the power is also very large.
Aircraft and pilots involved in the bombing
However, considering that China is likely to be intercepted by Japanese fighters after the bombing, if under the pursuit of the Japanese army, this aircraft will soon not be able to fly back because there is no fuel, so it was decided to change the target, and at present, these Chinese aircraft may not be able to cause damage to the Japanese army, in case they do not bomb in vain.
So the aviation squadron immediately reported the current situation to its superiors, and finally the Nationalist government, after seeing the proposals of several flying troops, discussed them, felt justified, and agreed to their request, agreeing to the use of paper "bombs", and the words on these papers were also carefully selected at that time.
Chinese leaders pose with them
And also from the original number of aircraft to two aircraft to carry out this mission, at the same time can also increase their prestige in the world, and finally the bombing site was changed to ensure the safety of pilots, and this time the location was also set in Nagasaki and Fukuoka and Kyushu, so after a period of training, the two aircraft bombed the Japanese mainland.
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After the success of the bombing, many members of the upper echelons of the Nationalist army went to the airfield to personally greet the success of the bombing, after all, this was also the first time that China flew to the territory of other countries to bomb.
Xu Huansheng, who participated in the bombing
To this end, the Office of the Eighth Route Army of The Chinese Communist Party at that time also personally went to the Kuomintang Air Force Headquarters to thank and comfort the pilots, and also presented a pennant with eight big characters on it, "Dewei and Wei are used together, wisdom and courage are both complete" Later, Zhou Enlai also delivered a speech praising their heroic deeds, and took a group photo with Xu Huansheng and others at that time.
After the bombing by the Chinese Air Force, the Chinese mainland newspapers and the United States at that time. Soviet and British newspapers reported on the incident.
Even in the American newspapers, it was written that China was the first country to bomb the Japanese mainland, and there were pictures of twelve pilots, but this matter was quickly submerged, because after the United States entered the war, the United States bombed the Japanese mainland even more severely, which also covered up China's bombing this time and let this history sink in the long river of history.
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Although their achievements have been slapped in the ocean by the Achievements of the United States, we must remember that everyone who has made contributions to the land of China, although they were in different factions at that time, were all heroes who were desperate for China's future, that is, one such talent has the current China.
Recognition after the bombing
China can have the peace now, the soldiers in that era are admirable, it is they blocked the japanese attack, so that China was not occupied by the Japanese army, but also formally these soldiers sacrifice to protect our motherland, although different factions, but are Chinese blood.
It is also the desperate efforts of the predecessors to have the current peaceful society, but also let us now live such a comfortable life, and at the same time thank China for the soldiers who have sacrificed for the country on the border in recent years, it is they who guard the frontier for China, for China to block the problems from the border, so that we can live so beautifully, where there are years of peace, but there are people who are carrying the weight forward, here can only wish them a healthy and healthy life, wish the motherland prosperity, no more war.
Chinese newspapers after the bombing victory
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